Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-07-26
Our WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON. u. e, Ja'y is i's'
Etf.r u.ri.rrrf
Matters. h,ia local sni Sailona'. hsvc
ben Qaltt ~ the Capitol ttis past week
Nnfllrg las trauspirti o. rrll.Ne 90 M
rotluy 90 Tie hrsisd sptl ,ictgi ttr al
res rssi over The city ~ o." 'ssssslua.
lion In hrosi SAY ofouc ~ oar m - prom
Ilerf uer in business .rf social ilfv A. -
Csp.ioi jo.sph e. O. keurety. = fcsl
estate agent sut attorney flr ias SsilJaN
Ranks. VA murdered In COLI t'oOi siier
icavlr- hls CO., Tor home ca Tie afternoon
% Thursday. The murderer wss crack
'us. discharged ne day before from The
work house. aDi Who bed an Imaginary
grievance sgaiusi as victim. TIE iusifu.
meat usel Nss a case knife. which. without
= moment. warning. Ard just ,lsr TIE
victim hsi deposited bis letters In he
nal box. was thrust viii deadly sfsci &C.
o. The aotomen of The aged ani esteemed
cit.ler. ans causci Death Ia Few MINUTES
snsrNaris. SIR. keuueiy's Cficc has been
'he resort of pahiic men from every STATE
10 TIE Uuior Tor thirty years past. for both
business ,rt social Intercourse, ari The
icaih ofr0 other citizen o'ihls community
would cast gloon over such switc e.
parse az territory.
TIE Presidents departure from The city
without mailing .n appointment ~ Posi-
msstcr In place % C0ngef whose coum.s-
slon las expired. las len The nary .sp.r.
ants for tac ldcrs;lve tiriA On state q
uncertainty sri uncaslne.s snceciluCly
euervs,iug ,ai prosirsiins When supple.
meniei ~ ihc intensely bot weather We
are now harltg The salary e sj.oooo0.
art ihe bali dozen district nea Who have
been wcfkirr % &C. the pi,ce. are .fr,li
that the dsi,y Il d1rgsrous snf That Il
means TIE appointment OF az outsider 90
TIE position. TIE last three sppolr,ees
holding the position ari dating b,ck some
fnee1 yc,rs. have been from the State %
NIchlg,u. ant Il - asserted that The Poet.
master Gensri', srt Don Dickersou. he
democratic boss % TIE Wolverine state.
Az pressing The claims % Einsieir. % De-
troll. for The pi,cs. Considerable 'ceiirg
hss b,en worked up over he appointment.
All III goes to nonresident the relations
between The Presiisnt ard Tie people of
he cisir.c, viii be farther estrsngsi than
ever.
The Bell Telephone people have Won a..
other victory In the Patent oflce. TIE
motion OF Gray. the rivallcl.lmini, q 81.
low him % amend bis Oh application BY
Inserting The word metallic before The
word ''dl,phragm." SO A. % form = basis
Tor = clalm 90 the metallic diaphragm used
In The telephones. has been teried on The
ground that ~ bal been already decided
10 an Interference proceeding between The
same psriics. ani that Gray then abAni1n.
81 10. So fAr the Bel people have been
successful A. every stage OF the esse To The
Patent Oficc.
Prof. W. 7. Hofraiay. tie chief ,sxii-
ermist OF the National Museum. has com
pietei bis work Of mounting for The Mase-
an. eleven % The tweuiy.six bgfalos Sc
cured By him during bis recent western
TIP. The animals range Ia siEe from an
enormous ball measuring feet, inches
10 height. which "a TIE largest busslO ever
known % have been Killed on the prairles.
% = four.monihs old calf less than three
feet In height. After the work % pre-
pairing Tie specimens WAS completed. the
entire he'd were gro1pci In the park ad-
loiriug The Museum and large photographs
taken OIL Professor IlOrnsdsy with the
corps % assistants who accompanied him
on The huutlng expedition. each clothed In
the hunting Oltdt % the prairles, .ppesr
In The foreground Of The picture. and 50
llielike are the posture Of the animals and
80 natural their surroundings that II would
be dlfhlcult % convince one that the scene
was 40, In reality taken on the pralries
ard the animals alive instead Of mounted
specimens.
The rem,inier ofthe tweuiy-slx speci-
mens will be sent % museums In various
countries In exchange FOR other exhibits
f0r The museum. The western trip alluded
% WAS made Cor the express purpose OF
getting specimens OF the buffalo for pres
ervaiiOn a. the race Is fast disappearing
from The plains OF our country. IL